New research on the hippocampus, a brain area essential for memory, suggests that new rules of synaptic plasticity best explain how brain activity continually reshapes the way memories are recorded in ...

Even a few minutes of rest with closed eyes can improve memory, perhaps to the same degree as a full night of sleep. The last point is significant. According to a study published in Psychological ...

New research from the University of Chicago on the hippocampus, a brain area essential for memory, suggests that this is not the whole story. Other rules of synaptic plasticity appear to have a ...